Uproar in Tripunithura municipality council over building permit given to Sobha developers

K G Sathyavrathan, UDF opposition leader said that if the chairperson Chandrika Devi refused to place the file, the party would approach the National Green Tribunal against the project.T C Sreemol | TNN | May 08, 2017, 11:30 IST

UDF took up the issue following the report of TOI on April 28. Holding TOI report at the meeting, UDF demanded to place the file related to the builders in the council. K G Sathyavrathan, UDF opposition leader said that if the chairperson Chandrika Devi refused to place the file, the party would approach the National Green Tribunal against the project.

He alleged, “The party members of the LDF in state capital has role for bringing the secretary to the municipality for a short period and allowing building permit to the builders”. The chairperson refuted the allegation and gave in to place the file on the dais at the next council.

TOI reported that Jayakumar gave building permit in March this year discarding the order of the collector who rejected permission for residential project of Sobha developers at Silversand Island.

BJP councilor Arun S said, “I have applied for accessing documents of the building permit under RTI. But officials have been refusing to give reply to my application siting all excuses. They said the report was prepared solely by the secretary himself discarding the objections raised by engineers and overseers. We want to know the foul play involved in allowing the building permit to Sobha developers”.